Name in Native Language: "Никита Сергеевич Михалков" (Russian/RU)
Actor / Film Director / Screenwriter / Film Producer / Lecturer / Television Presenter / Writer | * 10/21/1945 (78) | Moscow (Soviet Union)
Nikita Sergeyevich Mikhalkov (Russian: Никита Сергеевич Михалков; born 21 October 1945) is a Russian filmmaker, actor, and head of the Russian Cinematographers' Union. Mikhalkov is a three-time laureate of the State Prize of the Russian Federation (1993, 1995, 1999) and is a Full Cavalier of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland". Nikita Mikhalkov won the Golden Lion of the Venice Film Festival (1991) and was nominated for the Academy Award (1993) in the category Best International Feature Film for the film Close to Eden. He won an Academy Award (1995) for Best Foreign Language Film and the Grand Prix of the Cannes Film Festival (1994) for the film Burnt by the Sun. Mikhalkov received the "Special Lion" of the Venice Film Festival (2007) for his contribution to the cinematography and nominated for an Academy Award for the film 12 (2007). ()
Film director, screenwriter, actor, producer. Honored Artist of the RSFSR (12.31.1976). People's Artist of the RSFSR (03/28/1984). Father - poet Sergei Vladimirovich Mikhalkov (1913-2009), author of the text of the national anthem of the USSR and Russia, mother - writer Natalia Petrovna Konchalovskaya (1903-1988). In 1959, he first starred in a movie - played in an episode in the film Vasily Ordynsky's "Clouds over Borsky", in 1961 - in the film of Heinrich Hovhannisyan "The Adventures of Krosh", and as a student at the Shchukin School, in 1963 he made his debut in earnest in the film of George Danelia "I am walking in Moscow." In the late 1980s, Mikhalkov created the production association "Three Te" (Creativity, Partnership, Labor). In 1993, the picture of Nikita Mikhalkov “Urga: Territory of Love” (1991) received an Oscar nomination as the best foreign film. Since 2017, the artistic director of the State Theater of the Film Actor. President of the Russian Cultural Foundation since 1993. Chairman of the Union of Cinematographers of Russia since 1998. Member of the Presidential Council for Culture and Art. President of the Moscow International Film Festival. The head of the studio "TRITE", where over the past 20 years he shot all his films. Honorary Member of the Russian Academy of Arts. Academician of the National Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of Russia. Member of the Presidium of the World Russian Cathedral (1995). Member of the Russian Commission for UNESCO. Co-chairman of the Council of the Russian Zemstvo Movement.
Commander of The Legion of Honour Golden Medal for Merit To Culture Order "for Merit To The Fatherland", 2nd Class Order "for Merit To The Fatherland", 3rd Class Order "for Merit To The Fatherland", 4th Class Lenin Komsomol Prize People's Artist of the RSFSR Honored Artist of the RSFSR Order "for Merit To The Fatherland", 1st Class Order of St. Sergius of Radonezh 1st Class Knight Grand Cross of The Order of Merit of The Italian Republic Dostlug Order State Prize of the Russian Federation Order of Holy Prince Daniel of Moscow Golden Lion Grand Prix (Cannes Film Festival) TEFI Golden Eagle Award (Russia) Russian Federation Presidential Certificate of Gratitude Officer of The Legion of Honour Order of St. Sergius of Radonezh Viareggio-Versilia International Prize European Film Award for Best Film Hero of Labour of the Russian Federation Order of Merit of the Italian Republic Government Prize in Culture Russian Federation Government Certificate of Honour Golden Shell Nika Award Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement Gold Play Button Silver Play Button Academy Awards Russian Award “the Best Books, Publishing Houses, Projects”nominated for: European Film Award for Best Film
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